BMS122: APPRECIATING LEISURE LIFESTYLES Types of Art: Main Periods 1. 2. 3. Visual Arts Appreciation Part 2 4. 5. 6. 7. Pre-historic Ancient Medieval (Middle Ages) Renaissance Baroque / Rococo 19th Century 20th Century 6. 19th Century Art 19th Century Art: Neo-classicism Includes: 1. 2. 3. 4. Neo-classicism Romanticism Realism Impressionism Rebirth to the art of ancient Rome and Greece‚ and the Renaissance Costumes‚ settings‚ and details depicted with much
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referring to his alcoholism being a mental disease. He proves many times throughout the story that he is a mad man. He talks about killing the old man because his eye reminded him of a bird‚ just the craziness of the human psyche. Poe has a way of showing and defining the human psyche in a demonic fashion. And yet at the same time act like he is not mad and that is what any normal person would do if they are bothered by something or someone. And he shows realism in doing these acts because of how he
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For the duration of the play‚ the attributes that both Cupid and Diana display through time impact Romeo and Juliet’s mindsets and views on life. When certain matters in the play are discussed they frequently refer back to the notions of mythology. During this era‚ people believed that love came from and was created by Cupid. When the idea of love is discussed which it often is‚ they refer to Cupid and his characteristics. To exemplify‚ when Romeo experienced great heartbreak with Rosaline‚ a girl
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themselves with‚ for example‚ the goddess’ Aphrodite’s tree happened to be the myrtle‚ and her bird the dove‚ occasionally the sparrow and the swan. Apart from the Olympians‚ there were the lesser gods of Olympus’ these included the god of love-Eros (cupid)‚ iris‚ Hebe‚ and the two bands of lovely sisters: the Muses and the Graces. In addition to the gods that reigned in the high place of Olympus‚ there were "the gods of the waters" and "the gods of the underworld". Others included "the lesser gods of
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Sonnets 1-31 1. The author opens this first sonnet by explaining his motivation for composing the sonnet sequence. He believes that if his love were to read the sonnets‚ she would eventually return his affection. He argues that her pleasure in his pain would cause her to read his sonnets‚ and her reading of the sonnets would allow her to know the extent of his affection‚ which might make her pity the author’s situation-and this pity may transform into grace and love. The author also describes his
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Memory is a powerful concept. Often when an individual undergoes a traumatic situation‚ the ramifications of these actions seep into an individualfs psyche unknowingly. In effect this passes through memory and becomes sub-consciously buried within a personfs behavioural patterns generally. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink explores the concept of a young mans subconscious desire for a woman whom he gcanft remember to forgeth (1Memento) as she is so deeply inlaid within his soul. Critically acclaimed
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Oil painting - The School of Athens (after Raphael) Object: Oil painting Place of origin: Rome‚ Italy (painted) Date: 1752-1755 (painted) Artist/Maker: Mengs‚ Anton Raphael‚ born 1728 - died 1779 (artist) Raphael‚ born 1483 - died 1520 (after‚ artist) Materials and Techniques: oil on canvas Credit Line: Given by the Duke of Northumberland‚ 1926 Museum number: P.36-1926 Gallery location: In Storage Public access description Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779) was born in Bohemia now Czech Republic
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myth translated by Rolfe Humphries‚ the reader can identify the changes that can be explained by the metamorphosis archetype. The metamorphosis archetype “is a ‘two-way street’; the change can be positive and/or negative” (class notes). When Cupid shoots his arrows at Apollo and Daphne they both have a change of heart about love‚ “at once he loved and she at once fled from the name of lover” (178). While Apollo now loves and wants to be married‚ Daphne runs away from the thought of love. The
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(1678-1741) and Henry Purcell (1659-1695). Dido and Aeneas (1689) is arguably the first ever English opera. However‚ some scholars argue that the first English work in this genre was ‘The Siege of Rhodes’ (1656)‚ although the music has been lost. ‘Psyche’ (1673) by Thomas Shadwell and Matthew Locke mixes music and spoken dialogue‚ but the first English Opera in which everything was sung was ‘Venus and Adonis’ by John Blow. This was first performed a few years before Dido and Aeneas. Indeed‚ Purcell
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Apollo and Daphne The myth of Apollo and Daphne is about a god who falls in love with a water nymph. It all had started when Apollo decided to make fun of Cupid about how he’s just a child‚ and his weapons are nothing in comparison to those of Apollo’s. Cupid got angry and then shot Apollo with the arrow of love‚ and Daphne with the arrow of disgust. Daphne was a water nymph who wanted to be like Artemis‚ and remain a virgin. While Apollo chased Daphne proclaiming his undying love for her
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